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Writing Problems: Keeping the wilderness alive

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Writing Problems: Keeping the wilderness alive

Kunitz, van Gogh, Parker, "Take Hold of It"

Sean Singer
May 8, 2021
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Being able to write poetry, Stanley Kunitz tells us, means being aware of the wilderness within us that will never be tamed. My wilderness lives in the space of a contradiction: I have an introverted, socially anxious, outside presence; while inside I carry a deep well of feeling, unknown and unaware sometimes even to myself. My younger life was a const…

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